pallahn.

Brit.

/ˈpalə/,

/ˈpɑːlə/, U.S.

/ˈpɑlə/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, pallahs.

Forms: 1800s paala, 1800s phaala, 1800s phalla, 1800s– pala, 1800s– palla, 1800s– pallah.

Origin: A borrowing from Setswana. Etymon: Setswana phala.

Etymology: < Setswana phala red antelope (plural diphala ). Compare Sepedi phala red antelope, Southern Sotho phalè bull, phalla to run. Compare impala n. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pæ·lă) /ˈpælə/.

Now rare.

The impala, Aepyceros melampus, a graceful, reddish antelope found chiefly in woodland in southern and eastern Africa, the male of which has lyre-shaped horns.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Antilopinae > genus Aepyceros (impala)

pallah1802

red-buck1813

rooibok1824

impala1875

1802 J. A. Truter & W. Somerville in G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1899) IV. 384 Pieter Jacobs shot a handsome ram of a palla antelope, with fine horns.

1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IV. 219 The Pallah. (A. Melampus.)

1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. iii. 56 The presence of the..pallah..is always a certain indication of water being within a distance of seven or eight miles.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 28 Dec. 2/3 Three or four giraffes, even, could be discerned on the sky-line; while pallah and oribi, wart hog and jackals were things of no account.

1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xiii. 87 Variously termed impala, pallah, and rooibok, this antelope may claim to be one of the most beautiful..members of the existing African fauna.

1957 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 149/2 Pallas associate in large herds in the neighbourhood of water.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pallah
释义	pallahn. Brit. /ˈpalə/, /ˈpɑːlə/, U.S. /ˈpɑlə/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, pallahs. Forms: 1800s paala, 1800s phaala, 1800s phalla, 1800s– pala, 1800s– palla, 1800s– pallah. Origin: A borrowing from Setswana. Etymon: Setswana phala. Etymology: < Setswana phala red antelope (plural diphala ). Compare Sepedi phala red antelope, Southern Sotho phalè bull, phalla to run. Compare impala n. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pæ·lă) /ˈpælə/. Now rare. The impala, Aepyceros melampus, a graceful, reddish antelope found chiefly in woodland in southern and eastern Africa, the male of which has lyre-shaped horns. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Antilopinae > genus Aepyceros (impala) pallah1802 red-buck1813 rooibok1824 impala1875 1802 J. A. Truter & W. Somerville in G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1899) IV. 384 Pieter Jacobs shot a handsome ram of a palla antelope, with fine horns. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom IV. 219 The Pallah. (A. Melampus.) 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. iii. 56 The presence of the..pallah..is always a certain indication of water being within a distance of seven or eight miles. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 28 Dec. 2/3 Three or four giraffes, even, could be discerned on the sky-line; while pallah and oribi, wart hog and jackals were things of no account. 1947 J. Stevenson-Hamilton Wild Life S. Afr. xiii. 87 Variously termed impala, pallah, and rooibok, this antelope may claim to be one of the most beautiful..members of the existing African fauna. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 149/2 Pallas associate in large herds in the neighbourhood of water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1802
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